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Commination

noun
1.
Prayers proclaiming God's anger against sinners; read in the Church of England on Ash Wednesday.
2.
A threat of divine punishment or vengeance.





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"Commination" Quotes from Famous Books



... of this fact and the raretie of it commoved all godlie hearts," said Knox—and yet there was no lack of scandals in that age notwithstanding the zeal of purification. When the courtiers, alarmed by this commination (in which every kind of spiritual vengeance upon the realm and its rulers was denounced), asked, "Who durst avow it?" the grim Lindsay replied, "A thousand gentlemen within Edinburgh." Yet if Edinburgh was free from disorders of this kind, it was certainly far from ...
— Royal Edinburgh - Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets • Margaret Oliphant


Words linked to "Commination" :   prayer, threat, petition, orison


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